{"product_id":"soldiers-of-uncertain-rank-the-west-india-regiments-in-british-imperial-culture-hardback-9781009464413","title":"Soldiers of Uncertain Rank; The West India Regiments in British Imperial Culture (Hardback) 9781009464413","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSoldiers of Uncertain Rank\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe West India Regiments in British Imperial Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA cultural, military and imperial history of  the Black soldiers of Britain's West India Regiments.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Lambert (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009464413, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 31 October 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e262 pages, 15 b\/w illus.  24 colour illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16 x 2 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'An impressive achievement by a leading Caribbean Studies scholar. Lambert's examination of the visual and textual imagery of the West India Regiments is attentive to the nuances and particularities of representation and print culture. An important contribution to an under-explored area of British visual culture which acknowledges and interrogates the power of imagery within the imperial imaginary.' Sarah Thomas, Birkbeck, University of London\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe West India Regiments were an anomalous presence in the British Army. Raised in the late eighteenth-century Caribbean in an act of military desperation, their rank-and-file were overwhelmingly men of African descent, initially enslaved. As such, the regiments held a unique but ambiguous place in the British Army and British Empire until their disbandment in 1927. Soldiers of Uncertain Rank brings together the approaches of cultural, imperial and military history in new and illuminating ways to show how the image of these regiments really mattered. This image shaped perceptions in the Caribbean societies in which they were raised and impacted on how they were deployed there and in Africa. By examining the visual and textual representation of these soldiers, this book uncovers a complex, under-explored and illuminating figure that sat at the intersection of nineteenth-century debates about slavery and freedom; racial difference; Britishness; savagery and civilisation; military service and heroism.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 1. Race, Military Spectacle and the West India Regiments\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Spectre of a Black Soldiery\u003cbr\u003e 3. Establishing the Steady Black Soldier\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Reorientation of the West India Regiments\u003cbr\u003e 5. Displaying Valour: Samuel Hodge, VC\u003cbr\u003e 6. Neither Soldiers nor Warriors\u003cbr\u003e 7. Bringing the Troops Home\u003cbr\u003e 8. Remembering the West India Regiments\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52173737066776,"sku":"9781009464413","price":69.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009464413i.jpg?v=1781169271","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/soldiers-of-uncertain-rank-the-west-india-regiments-in-british-imperial-culture-hardback-9781009464413","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}